Schelten (La Scheulte in French) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

When many of the nearby cities and towns converted to the new faith of the Protestant Reformation, Schelten remained Catholic along with the sous les Roches region.

After Napoleon's defeat and the Congress of Vienna, Schelten was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.

[3] Traditionally the village was French speaking, but after it became a part of the Canton of Bern in 1815 the number of German speakers increased.

In 1914 its name changed from La Scheulte to Schelten to reflect the growing German speaking population.

The village became a stronghold of German culture and generally opposed Jurassic separatism.

In the referendums of 1974-75 the population of Schelten voted remain with Bern in contrast to the rest of the neighboring municipalities in the Val Terbi who chose to join the Canton of Jura.

[5] The municipality is located at the foot of the Schelten Pass along the Delémont-Balsthal road.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent an Oak Tree Vert fructed Gules issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the second and overall a Bend wavy Azure.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (43 or 82.7%) as their first language, French is the second most common (8 or 15.4%) and Spanish is the third (1 or 1.9%).

[21] From the 2000 census[update], 26 or 50.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 16 or 30.8% were Roman Catholic.

[9] A total of 2 Swiss men in the municipality had completed some form of tertiary schooling.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.